Karlsbad, Germany, 23rd June 2015 – By means of its new dynamic interface, Plunet has integrated key functions of the Across Language Server in the Plunet BusinessManager. In this way, translation departments and language service providers can control and automate their translation processes even more efficiently.

The Plunet BusinessManager has been developed especially for the translation and localization industry. It combines business, workflow, and document management, thereby ideally supplementing the Across Language Server translation management system. At the process level, operational steps such as the text analysis, translation, quality assurance, and release in Across interact with the administrative steps of pricing, quotation, order, and billing in Plunet. In this way, users can link all business and production processes without switching between the systems. The automatic synchronization prevents redundant information. Standardized workflows can be defined and the progress can be viewed in the entire project.

Further information: ftp://ftp.across.net/fact_sheets/fact_sheet_Plunet_en.pdf

Across reader contact:
Tel: +49 7248 925-425
info[at]across[dot]net

About Across Systems:
Across, based in Karlsbad, Germany, and in Glendale, CA, USA, is the manufacturer of the Across Language Server, a market-leading software platform for all corporate language resources and translation processes. Within a very short time, the use of Across can increase the translation quality and transparency, while reducing the workload and process costs.
The Across Language Server can be used for EN 15038:2006-compliant translation services. As Across Systems GmbH is a certified Microsoft partner, the successful introduction of Microsoft technologies is guaranteed. Thanks to the Software Development Kit (SDK), Across can easily be integrated in IT environments. Integration support is available from the company's Business Services & Support department and from renowned system integrators and technology partners.
Within the scope of its product development, Across collaborates with international universities and academies. For many years, Across has also been focusing on cooperative partnerships with renowned technology companies and language service providers.
Customers of Across (extract): 1&1 Internet AG, Allianz Versicherungs AG, HypoVereinsbank, Miele, SMA Solar Technology AG, ThyssenKrupp, etc.
Further information about Across Systems GmbH is available at http://www.across.net.

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Anja Bergemann
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Cambridge, UK, 17th June 2015 – ip.access has been recognised for delivering valuable customer insight through its latest product innovation – the presenceCell™ bringing brands closer to the consumers they are trying to reach.

The small cell and presenceCell™ end-to-end solution provider has been nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Collecting and Use of Data in this year’s Mobile Innovation Awards after presenceCell™ was successfully deployed in Vodafone Turkey’s retail stores in February, earlier this year. The Mobile Innovation Awards will be announced at a ceremony at The Roundhouse Theatre, in Chalk Farm, London, on 6th October, 2015.

The cells connect with customers’ mobile phones allowing the secure collection of valuable data about each customer. This data, which is anonymised at source within the presenceCell™ is used to create insight into consumer shopping patterns, revealing how many people visit stores or shopping malls and how often.

Gavin Ray, SVP Products & Marketing at ip.access, said: “Retailers are always looking for innovations and better ways to understand their customers to better meet their needs.

“The Mobile Innovation Award nomination is testimony to the hard work carried out by our development teams, and proves that international retailers are opting to use carrier based solutions with seamless integration instead of the iBeacon and Wi-Fi alternatives.”

ip.access also announced earlier this month the signing of a multi-million dollar small cell contract with Batelco, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s leading integrated communications operator, as well as winning the Small Cell Forum’s Social Impact Award alongside leading telecom software developer, SiRRAN, at the Small Cell Industry Awards 2015.

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About ip.access:
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, ip.access has been creating and deploying small cell solutions for more than ten years. The company has products and solutions live in over 100 customers’ networks around the world, with the capability to accelerate the introduction of additional small cell solutions into those networks irrespective of use case, technology or deployment model.

The company's success is built upon its ability to provide its Service Provider customers with a range of small cell coverage, capacity and presence solutions across all technologies (2G, 3G, and 4G), with a focus on a rapid return on investment and the ability to open up new markets and revenue streams.

The company has an end-to-end deployment philosophy that integrates the small cell access points with converged access gateways and comprehensive network management and performance tools; as well as a strong track record of working with trusted partners on integrated solutions.

For further information visit: http://www.ipaccess.com

For further information please contact:
Emmanuela Spiteri-Micallef emmanuela.spiteri-micallef[at]ipaccess[dot]com +44 (0) 78999 25229
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Cambridge, UK, 3rd June 2015 – Small cell end-to-end solution provider, ip.access, today confirmed that it was now accelerating the roll-out of a multi-million dollar small cell contract in Bahrain with Batelco, the Kingdom of Bahrain’s leading integrated communications operator.

With the commercial deployment of public access 3G Enterprise small cells well underway across the Kingdom of Bahrain, the contract also covers residential and SoHo indoor deployments across the region. Furthermore Batelco have also commenced a LTE Lab trial with a view of rolling out ip.access LTE small cells during 2015.

Acknowledging the role of the small cell in delivering guaranteed indoor coverage and capacity for key customers, Batelco’s A/CEO Muna Al Hashemi said: “Small cells give the flexibility to provide coverage exactly where our customers need it and mean we can maintain high quality of service levels at all times and in all locations.

“Throughout our selection and evaluation process, it was important to work with a vendor that could deliver not just best in class technology for small cells across all our different use cases but could also work seamlessly with Batelco and our existing suppliers to integrate the solution with our network,” added Mrs. Al Hashemi.

ip.access CEO, Simon Brown said: “This is more evidence of ip.access growth in the region and a confirmation in our ability to deliver an end-to-end solution across the full range of public and private access small cells is paying dividends.

“This experience of delivering and managing the mass-market roll-out of small cells means that we understand this layer of the network better than anyone else,” he added, and that enables us to bring that experience and expertise to bear in all our global deployments.”

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About ip.access:
Headquartered in the United Kingdom, ip.access has been creating and deploying small cell solutions for more than ten years. The company has products and solutions live in over 100 customers’ networks around the world, with the capability to accelerate the introduction of additional small cell solutions into those networks irrespective of use case, technology or deployment model.

The company's success is built upon its ability to provide its Service Provider customers with a range of small cell coverage, capacity and presence solutions across all technologies (2G, 3G, and 4G), with a focus on a rapid return on investment and the ability to open up new markets and revenue streams.

The company has an end-to-end deployment philosophy that integrates the small cell access points with converged access gateways and comprehensive network management and performance tools; as well as a strong track record of working with trusted partners on integrated solutions.

ip.access counts Amadeus Capital Partners, Cisco, Frog Capital, Intel Capital, Qualcomm, Rothschild, Scottish Equity Partners and TE Connectivity among its shareholders.
www.ipaccess.com

About Batelco:
Batelco Group is headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain and listed on the Bahrain Bourse. Batelco has played a pivotal role in the country's development as a major communications hub and today is the leading integrated communications’ provider, continuing to lead and shape the local consumer market and the enterprise ICT market. Batelco has been growing overseas via investing in other market-leading fixed and wireless operators.
Batelco Group has evolved from being a regional Middle Eastern operation to become a major communications company with direct and indirect investments across 14 geographies, namely Bahrain, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Egypt, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man, Maldives, Diego Garcia, St. Helena, Ascension Island and the Falkland Islands.
www.batelcogroup.com

For further information please contact:
Emmanuela Spiteri-Micallef
emmanuela.spiteri-micallef[at]ipaccess[dot]com
+44 (0) 78999 25229
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Montpellier, France, 3rd June 2015 – Cortus, a technology leader in low-power, silicon-efficient, 32-bit processor IP, announced the availability of a Development Platform for Cortus’ APS processor cores today. The Cortus Development Platform comprises a board based on a Xilinx Spartan-6X75, the Cortus Eclipse IDE and Cortus GCC toolchain. The board includes an I/O footprint compatible with the Arduino Due enabling the wide choice of Arduino Due-compatible shields to be used to extend the platform.

Software development is a major part of the development of a system-on-chip (SoC) or an ASIC with an embedded processor. Cortus 32-bit processor IP cores have been designed from the outset for embedded processing applications based on coding in C or C++. The APS cores are a volume-proven basis for a wide range of applications including smartcards, video processing, smart sensors, touchscreen controllers, wireless, security, industrial control and Internet of Things (IoT). The new platform enables software developers to rapidly develop drivers and to integrate software and hardware before the SoC design is prototyped.

The Cortus FPGA board is based on the Xilinx Spartan-6 X75 and includes 1 Mbyte synchronous SRAM as well as a 32 Mbit SPI flash memory. The flash memory holds the FPGA configuration and can also be shared to hold the application software. A 10/100 Mbits/s Ethernet transceiver PHY is connected directly to the FPGA and is fully compatible with the Cortus 10/100 Ethernet MAC IP block. A USB interface provides a JTAG interface fully compatible with Cortus development tools under Windows and Linux. Additional I/O connectors enable the DDR2 memory to be up to 512 Mbytes.

“Developing drivers, porting software and validating the HW/SW interface is one of the key time-to-market challenges of developing SoCs with embedded processors”, said Mr. Christopher Kopetzky, Vice President of Engineering at Cortus. He adds, “The new platform combines Cortus’ proven SW development tools with the ability to extend the board through Arduino Due-compatible shields and DDR2 memory.”

With an APS23 requiring 19% utilisation and APS25 requiring 29% utilisation the Cortus platform provides ample capacity for all APS cores. The capacity of the Spartan-6 X75 is sufficient to allow multi-core systems to be emulated on the FPGA board. The ability to extend the memory can be used to include a USB 2.0 PHY in combination with a Cortus USB 2.0 controller in order to create a prototyping platform for embedded Linux systems. Furthermore the platform can incorporate IDEs from Cortus’ partners as an alternative to Cortus Eclipse.

Cortus licenses a range of low power, silicon efficient, 32-bit processor cores supporting a range computational performance and supporting different system complexity. The cores start from entry-level 32-bit cores suitable for upgrading 8-bit cores to cores supporting caches, co-processors and symmetric multiprocessing systems. They share the simple vectored interrupt structure, which ensures rapid, real time interrupt response, with low software overhead.

All APS processor cores interface to Cortus’ peripherals including Ethernet 10/100 MAC, USB 2.0 Device and USB 2.0 OTG via the efficient APS bus. The Ethernet MAC allows the chosen physical interface to be connected using either the Medium Independent Interface (MII) or Reduced Medium Independent Interface (RMII). Flexible memory interfaces with two independent DMA channels enable system design to ensure low CPU overhead reception and transmission without any danger of frames being lost. Hardware address filtering enables a single interface to respond to multiple MAC addresses.

Cortus will be exhibiting at the 52nd Design Automation Conference (DAC) in San Francisco, California from 8-10th June 2015 at Booth #2503

About Cortus S.A.S.:
Cortus S.A.S. is a technology enabler for rapidly growing applications including Internet of Things (IoT), wearable electronic devices, smart sensors and security. It has specialised in 32-bit processor cores which can significantly reduce manufacturing costs while achieving computational performance and power constraints. Over 700 million devices containing Cortus cores are used in a wide range of applications including automotive, CMOS imaging, M2M controllers, secure execution, sensors, SIM cards, PayTV cards, touchscreen controllers, smart metering and wireless. Cortus’ headquarters are in Montpellier, France

For further information please contact:
Roddy Urquhart,
+44 753 158 7023
roddy.urquhart[at]cortus[dot]com
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Southampton, 2nd June 2015 – Some of the UK’s most entrepreneurial university students and graduates are set to be honoured this week (June 4) as SETsquared holds its annual Student Enterprise Awards at St Mary’s Stadium in Southampton.

As part of the event student and graduate businesses from Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey are in the running to win a fully funded trip to America to help them develop their ideas for market in the USA.

The awards evening is hosted this year by the University of Southampton and run annually by SETsquared, a partnership of the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey which helps entrepreneurs and start-ups to grow.

Awards will be given on the night for ‘Best Student Enterprise’, ‘Best Graduate Enterprise’ and ‘Game Changer Social Enterprise’. In addition, one lucky entrepreneur or business will win the chance of a lifetime in the form of the Grant Thornton Entrepreneurial Excellence Award. The winning business, selected by Grant Thornton in Southampton, will get a trip to the US for up to two of its team to gain insight into developing a business for the stateside market.

Among the companies in the running for the Grant Thornton award and set to be honoured on the night are:

From The University of Bath
• Pasta Pit-Stop – a restaurant aimed at ‘Generation Z street food’ diners, fusing a lively, themed bar with a self-service eating area.
• Office Pantry – a graduate start-up that delivers super foods to offices.
• Ordo – the company has developed an app called Ordable which allows you to browse, order and pay for food and drinks at restaurants using your smartphone. The iBeacon technology behind it means the app can micro-locate smartphone users indoors and even assign them to a table.

From The University of Bristol
• Filthy Banana – a food business selling hot banana desserts. The business is the brainchild of students Sam and Amin, who have combined their experience in working in top restaurants and market stalls. The company has gone from strength to strength throughout the year and the pair is now looking for a permanent physical location to start pushing the company further forward.
• Idea Skateboards – a graduate business set up by Rob Owen out of his passion for skating and art. The company provides the skate community with originally designed clothing and art through working with as many artists as possible.
• The Bristol Bicycle Company – the company offers cheap and affordable bike rentals to students in Bristol who otherwise may not have the money to cycle. The company has already received funding from the Students’ Union, Bristol Hubs and Bristol City Council.

From The University of Exeter
• Siymb – a company that uses inexpensive wearable technology to transform the way people interact with each other at conferences and exhibitions. With a simple handshake, participants will be able to exchange details about one another, abolishing the need for printed business cards and leaflets.
• Pulsenotes – an online medical revision service that gives undergraduate medical students presentations, notes and MCQs to help them in their studies. The graduate business was formed by three medical students and they have the financial and business backing of seasoned entrepreneur Phillip Cameron of No.1 Traveller.
• TickBox – this company has made a decision-making platform that helps voters and candidates in elections. In its first year the company connected over 250,000 voters to potential candidates, using a new technology that lists profiles on every candidate standing in the election, regardless of popularity, funding or belief.

From The University of Southampton
• SanEco is a social enterprise business that empowers communities using sanitation and empowers entrepreneurs to change their own lives and their communities forever.
• DividaBill – The graduate business was set up by Jon and Saumeel, who had trouble with dealing with their bills while studying at The University of Southampton. They decided to solve the problem by setting up a business where customers can sign up once and all their bills are set up and managed. The system saves over £100 a year compared to leading providers.
• Metix Ltd – a medical technology company that is developing a robust handheld vital signs monitor called COREMED® Aid.

From The University of Surrey
• Red Gap – an ethical company that sources handmade artwork from artists in China, providing them with work. So far the company’s branding model has enabled them to provide 68 artworks and help eight craftsmen. By the end of the year it hopes to provide opportunities for at least 50 in need artists, many of whom are affected by disabilities, mental illness or poverty.
• Team Tops Ltd – a graduate business from the University of Surrey which produces printed, embroidered and bespoke company. Already the start-up’s clients include the likes of Microsoft, Mercedes and even Brian May from Queen.
• TrueInvivo – a company that has developed an innovative method of measuring radiation dosage and spread in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. The TrueInvivo device is so small that it can be placed into the patient’s body to provide immediate data on dosages, enabling treatment to be monitored more effectively and accurately.

A ‘People’s Choice’ award will also be presented on the night, as voted for by audience members.

Simon Bond, innovation director at SETsquared, said: “The number of young people going on to set up their own businesses straight from our five partner universities is increasing year on year and it’s refreshing to see so many young people being fearless and taking the leap. While the entrepreneurialism route is often perceived as a risky one, there is more help out there now for budding entrepreneurs than ever. With the right support, mentoring and access to funding there is no reason that students and graduates can’t develop their start-ups into national and international businesses.”

Norman Armstrong, partner at Grant Thornton’s Southampton office, added: “Entrepreneurship has a huge part to play in the growth of the UK economy over the coming years and is directly related to creating sustainable and dynamic communities. It’s important that all stakeholders and not just the government do all they can to help support entrepreneurship at a local and regional level. That’s why we are incredibly supportive of the work of SETsquared and why we are delighted to provide this fantastic opportunity for one of the shortlisted businesses to win a trip to the USA to further their market research.”
Max Toti, managing director and chief technology officer of Captec Ltd, will be the guest speaker at Thursday night’s event. An alumni of The University of Southampton, he is a visiting lecturer for UK technology universities on innovation, entrepreneurship and wealth creation.

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Members of the press are invited to attend the SETsquared Student Enterprise Awards. The event takes place from 5 to 9pm at St Mary’s Stadium, Southampton.

For more information, images or to attend please contact:
Laura Downton at Carswell Gould
T: 023 80 238001
E: laura[at]carswellgould[dot]co.uk

About SETsquared:
SETsquared is a collaboration between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey which partners in enterprise activities and collectively supports the growth and success of new business opportunities through spin-outs, licensing, incubation and education. The partnership also works with industry through research collaboration and consultancy.

In the last 11 years SETsquared has developed over 1,000 high tech start-ups that have generated some £1bn in investment. It is named by the UBI as the joint best university incubator in Europe and 4th best globally.

 
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UK, 2nd June 2015 – CW and SETsquared announce the launch of the 6th Discovering Start-Ups Competition
01.06.15, Cambridge: CW and SETsquared have launched the 6th annual Discovering Start-Ups Competition (DS15), inviting emerging UK and international early-stage technology companies and digital entrepreneurs to win the chance to pitch their technology and business ideas at the finals to be held at Deloitte’s London offices on 21 October 2015.
The free to enter competition will bring together disruptive tech newcomers and an expert panel of judges from the technology and investment sector, including Google, BT, Broadcom, IBM, Deloitte, Orange Labs, Samsung, London Business Angels and Cambridge Angels, who will check the pulse of the UK and international tech start-up scene. As well as facing tough questions, the fifteen finalists will also get immediate feedback from the judges, chaired by serial entrepreneur, angel investor and Chairman of CW, David Cleevely, CBE, FREng, FIET.
“These are exciting and challenging times for the established technology industry which is facing competition from the next generation of entrepreneurs, ready to disrupt existing modes of business,” commented Bob Driver, newly appointed CEO of CW. “I’m thrilled CW is a part of this competition, which is going international for the first time this year, and aims to discover emerging companies with the potential to mould future trends.”
“I’m looking forward to seeing more start-ups with breakthrough mobile communications applications than ever entering this year’s DS competition – many participants from previous years have gone on to achieve great successes with their businesses. I hope this year’s competitors will do the same - or even better!” said Simon Bond, Innovation Director at SETsquared and joint DS15 competition organiser.
The Discovering Start-Ups competition serves as a unique platform for start-ups to showcase their innovative technologies, network and help them gain exposure and traction. “We have had enormous traction since being a winner of Discovering Start-Ups,” commented Benedikt von Thüngen, CEO of Speechmatics, cloud-based, multilingual speech recognition start-up and one of the winners from DS14. “These include winning key clients such as BBC, McKinsey and the UK Government, and signing a seven-figure non-exclusive licence deal; we’re now in a position to rapidly expand our team and drive the business forward.”
“Since DS14, we have seen an increased awareness of our innovative solutions by healthcare groups and providers of services to the healthcare sectors that has resulted in several requests for partnering opportunities,” said Kevin Auton, Founder and Managing Director at Aseptika (Activ8rlives) another winner from last year with its integrated suite of self-monitoring devices for long-term health conditions.
The 6th Discovering Start-Ups Competition (DS15) is now open for UK and international entries. The deadline for applications is 14 September 2015.
To strike up a conversation about DS15 @CambWireless and feature your tech innovations, please use #DSrupt
Jointly managed by Cambridge Wireless (CW) and SETsquared, DS15 is kindly sponsored and hosted by Deloitte along with Google, Qualcomm Ventures and IC Resources, and supported by St John’s Innovation Centre, Tech City UK, techUK, Wayra, New Entrepreneurs Foundation, Provence Partnership and CW Business SIG Champions.
To find out more about this event, please visit the DS15 website, alternatively contact Anna Nadolna at anna.nadolna[at]cambridgewireless[dot]co.uk or call +44 (0) 1223 967 101

About Cambridge Wireless (CW):
CW is the leading international community for companies involved in the research, development and application of wireless & mobile, internet, semiconductor and software technologies. With 400 members from major network operators and device manufacturers to innovative start-ups and universities, CW stimulates debate and collaboration, harnesses and shares knowledge, and helps to build connections between academia and industry. CW's 19 Special Interest Groups (SIGs) provide its members with a dynamic forum where they can network with their peers, track the latest technology trends and business developments and position their organisations in key market sectors. CW also organises the annual Future of Wireless International Conference and Discovering Start-ups competition along with other high-quality industry networking events and dinners. With headquarters at the heart of Cambridge, UK, CW partners with other international industry clusters and organisations to extend its reach and remain at the forefront of global developments and business opportunities. For more information, please visit www.cambridgewireless.co.uk

For Cambridge Wireless please contact:
Lily Cheng Cambridge Wireless 01223 967101,
lily.cheng[at]cambridgewireless[dot]co.uk
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Beijing/Cambridge/Nice, 1st June 2015 – AsiaInfo, China’s largest telecoms software and services company, is launching Veris Real-Time Intelligence (RTI), a powerful new real-time customer engagement and interaction engine for its award-winning Veris™ BSS product suite.

Veris RTI provides operators the capability to offer relevant promotions and customer support in real-time in direct response to the individual context of each customer based on a wide variety of factors.

Veris RTI aggregates and enriches real-time contextual information streamed from both network and BSS event sources to effect customer engagement through a variety of channels.

The RTI engine orchestrates an appropriate and immediate response to customer needs identified by interpreting information from multiple sources including billing, CRM systems, and the data network. It expands the existing capabilities of the Veris C³ contextual-awareness center, which enables operators to run real-time targeted campaigns based on the services customers are using on their smartphones. Veris RTI adds complex event processing to orchestrate an appropriate real-time response to a sequence of events from multiple sources.

For example, a low data balance (identified by the charging platform) occurring when the customer is watching a video (identified by Veris C3), could trigger an offer to the customer to purchase a day pass for the video app they are using.

The RTI engine combines Veris C3 with a new Customer Engagement Centre (CEC) which assimilates multiple data feeds to identify each customer’s context – such as the status of their billing account, current orders, recent contact with the operator’s call center or other channels, and also any activity on social media sites such as Twitter and Facebook.

“Veris RTI gives operators a fully rounded view of each customer’s context in real-time, enabling the operator to respond with the right help for each individual customer at exactly the right time and through the right channel,” explained Dr Andy Tiller, AsiaInfo’s vice president of product marketing.

“Drawing on multiple data feeds, RTI is able to handle complex logic to ensure the best customer experience. For example, it might make sense to offer some customers an incentive to top up with a larger amount than usual if they are running low on their data balance while consuming data intensive services such as video; while other customers should be offered a day pass, and still others a turbo boost for higher data speeds. The relevant offer would depend not only on the customer’s static profile, but also on their dynamic real-time context.”

The speed of response capable of being delivered by the RTI engine is key to its success. “It has to be true real-time,” said Tiller. “If you are making an offer to a customer regarding a service top-up, it is vital that offer is delivered before the customer tops up anyway.

“Veris RTI is able to deliver that targeted help and support, as well as enabling marketing campaigns and offers, in true real-time, with the capability to adjust any offers if the customer’s real-time context changes. We believe that this is the most powerful customer engagement and interaction solution that has ever been offered to the operator community.”

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Note to editors at TMForum Live:
AsiaInfo will be giving demonstrations of Veris RTI on its booth at the TMForum Live in Nice. AsiaInfo’s booth is number 75 on Level 3 of the Conference Centre.

For further information about Veris RTI please visit https://www.asiainfo.com/ProductsSolutions/VerisRTI/Introduction.aspx

About AsiaInfo:
AsiaInfo, Inc. is a leading provider of internet-based systems and software to the telecommunications industry. Headquartered in Beijing, we employ more than 15,000 professionals worldwide.

AsiaInfo provides a full suite of business and operations support systems and professional services to solve the business challenges of the future. Through our innovative BSS/OSS, Big Data, and security software products, AsiaInfo is driving the transformation of the telecoms industry into the new Business Internet era.

Our core Veris™ product suite includes billing and customer care systems that serve nearly a billion subscribers globally, plus business intelligence, network management, network security, and OTT and cross-vertical collaboration solutions. Veris is the cornerstone of our growing ecosystem to support the transformation to the Business Internet.

Our customers work with us to converge large-scale pre-and post-paid mobile operations; improve time to market for new products and services; and develop cost-effective new business models. In China we have more than 50% market share in Billing, CRM and Business Intelligence through our longstanding partnerships with China Mobile, China Unicom and China Telecom. We have deployed our BSS solutions with leading operators throughout Asia, and our expansion into Europe has already resulted in two major contracts with Telenor Group. For more information please visit http://www.asiainfo.com

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Kevin Taylor or Nicky Denovan at Standing Tall Communications
Emails addresses:
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London, UK, 27th May 2015 – GENEU, creator of the world’s first in-store DNA test for personalised skincare, today announces that GENEU’s Chief Scientific Officer and inventor of the core technology behind its high street revolution, Professor Chris Toumazou, has been awarded the prestigious IEEE Field Medal in Biomedical Engineering. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers – the world's largest technical professional society – has honoured Professor Toumazou with the IEEE Field Medal in Biomedical Engineering in recognition of his “outstanding contributions to biomedical circuit technology”. The award was president by IEEE President and CEO, Howard E. Michel, during the ISCAS international symposium in Lisbon.

IEEE field medals are administered by the IEEE Awards Board on behalf of the IEEE Board of Directors, and represent the highest-level awards given by IEEE. Professor Toumazou is the current European Inventor of the Year for the enabling technology used by GENEU, awarded by the European Patent Office – Europe's highest distinction for inventors worldwide.

IEEE President and CEO, Howard E. Michel said: “Professor Toumazou is an engineer who has developed numerous medical devices that have revolutionised healthcare. The IEEE is the world’s largest professional association dedicated to advancing technological innovation for the benefit of humanity and Professor Toumazou’s work was a stand-out contender for the Biomedical Engineering Award in what was a very competitive field.”

Professor Chris Toumazou is CSO at GENEU, a new retail brand which is delivering its pioneering “DNA BeautyLab on a microchip” service based on technology invented by Prof. Toumazou. From its flagship store in Mayfair, London, GENEU provides a DNA personalised skincare serum targeting optimal skin health and a bespoke consultation with a PhD scientific advisor, all within 30-45 minutes.

Commenting on the IEEE field medal, Professor Chris Toumazou said: “I am extremely proud to have been awarded this honour by IEEE, and I would like to express my gratitude to the Awards Board for this distinction.” He added: “IEEE’s vision is ‘Advancing Technology for Humanity’, and that has been the guiding principle of both my academic and business career, including my work with GENEU, which is absolutely at the vanguard of a disruptive, on-the-spot DNA diagnostic market that will ultimately transform public health.”

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Notes to editors:

About Professor Christofer Toumazou FRS, FREng, FMedSci, FIET, FIEEE, FCGI, FRSM, CEng, DEng, PhD, BSc:
Professor Chris Toumazou is Regius Professor of Engineering, Chair in Biomedical Circuit Design, Director of the Centre for Bio-Inspired Technology and Founder and Chief Scientist for the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at Imperial College London. He is also founder and director of Toumaz, chairman of DNA Electronics, and Chief Scientific Officer at GENEU. He is distinguished for his innovative silicon technology and integrated circuit design for electronic device in the field of devices for medical diagnosis and therapy. Professor Toumazou is pre-eminent amongst the global community of contemporary medical engineers. In 1994 Toumazou was appointed the youngest Professor ever to be appointed at Imperial College, at the age of 33. In 2013 he became London’s First Regius Professor of Engineering conferred to Imperial College during the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee.

About GENEU: (http://www.geneu.com)
GENEU are a worlds first in DNA personalised skincare. Using groundbreaking microchip technology developed over ten years at Imperial College London, GENEU provide their clients with bespoke skincare tailored to their genes. Using this innovative approach, clients are not only able to understand exactly what their skin needs to maintain its healthiest state but also gain an insight into what to avoid. GENEU assess both collagen level breakdown and antioxidant protection alongside a lifestyle questionnaire to gain a comprehensive insight into an individuals precise skincare needs. Once this is established, the client is provided with a dual serum that has been specifically tailored with the exact concentrations and active ingredients to suit them.

This process takes place at their futuristic store in Mayfair.

PRESS CONTACT for GENEU:
Nicky Denovan
EvokedSet
Email: nicky

• evokedset[dot]com

Mobile: +44 (0)7747 017654
 
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London, 21st May 2015 – A group of universities has launched a brand-new event that aims to get university spin-outs and technology start-ups into some of the world’s biggest corporates.

SETsquared, a partnership of the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey, says that the UK economy could be boosted by large corporates adopting technologies from agile start-ups to boost their productivity, sales and innovation.

Today it held its first ever ‘Open Innovation’ event, which brought 20 of its most cutting-edge technology start-ups face to face with corporates including Barclays, Unilever and Intel. It is the first time such a large-scale event, with start-ups pitching to more than 50 corporates, has taken place. The start-ups, working across a range of sectors including healthcare, mobile technology and environment, had the opportunity to pitch the corporates on how their technologies and products could be adopted by the businesses to the advantage of both sides.

Among the technologies showcased were:
• A software platform that analyses location data by time, not distance. The technology, from iGeolise, is already being used by the likes of Zoopla and Countrywide.
• A social network based on physical interactions that uses wearable technology.
• A measurement system which checks the quality of radiation treatment.

A number of strong leads were made at the event and over the coming months some of the start-ups could enter negotiations with the corporates to sell their technologies.

Already SETsquared’s Open Innovation programme, funded by the IPO, has seen success. Ripjar, part of SETsquared’s incubation programme, has had its advanced social media analysis software used by a large banking corporate as a direct result of the programme.

Tom Griffin, CEO of Ripjar, said: “The Open Innovation Programme enabled Ripjar to form a close relationship with a global institution, which would otherwise have not been possible. We have now developed a collaborative partnership and have adapted our solution and business to meets their requirements.”

Simon Bond, Innovation Director at SETsquared, said: “The Open Innovation Showcase provides a vital link for many start-ups, as talking to companies at an early stage means the products can be refined for use and the wider market. It’s exactly what the UK economy needs, as it helps big businesses streamline and innovate by working with universities, SMEs and start-ups.”

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Six of the start-ups at the showcase came from the ICURe programme, which is funded by SETsquared in partnership with the Higher Education Funding Council for England and Innovate UK. ICURe is a multi-million pound pilot programme giving early career researchers at the five SETsquared universities access to up to £50,000 each to explore the market potential of their ideas, technologies and products.

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For more information, images or please contact:
Laura Downton at Carswell Gould
T: 023 80 238001
E: laura[at]carswellgould.co[dot]uk

About SETsquared:
SETsquared is a collaboration between the universities of Bath, Bristol, Exeter, Southampton and Surrey which partners in enterprise activities and collectively supports the growth and success of new business opportunities through spin-outs, licensing, incubation and education. The partnership also works with industry through research collaboration and consultancy.

In the last 11 years SETsquared has developed over 1,000 high tech start-ups that have generated some £1bn in investment. It is named by the UBI as the joint best university incubator in Europe and 4th best globally.
 
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Stokenchurch, UK, 18th May 2015 – Miura Systems is delighted to announce that it has been ranked number 3 in the inaugural Sunday Times BT Business SME Export Track 100, as a firm with one of the fastest growing overseas sales of any small or medium sized business in the country.

Published this weekend, the league table charts, for the first time, those privately-held SMEs that have generated the most revenue from international customers over the past two years.

High Wycombe-based Miura Systems launched its first product just four years ago with a staff of less than ten people.
Since then, the firm has rapidly accelerated to become a leading provider of innovative and highly secure electronic payment devices with a focus on mobile point-of-sale (mPOS).

It now sells into around 30 international markets across five continents, and counts major payment industry players such as PayPal and Swedish mobile payment firm iZettle as customers.

Miura’s annual international sales over the past two years have grown over 250% to top £14 million, and it is rapidly approaching yet another landmark: one million units sold.

“I am delighted that Miura Systems has been placed in the top 3 of the inaugural Sunday Times BT Business SME Export Track 100. The result reflects how the imagination and innovation of the founders has not only helped define the shape of the nascent mobile point of sale device market but also captured the imagination of payment service providers across the world,” said Ian Rutland, CEO of Miura Systems.

“It is wonderful to reflect that a UK technology company is taking on and beating the major global players in markets as far afield as Japan, Australia, the US and Asia. I would like to thank our customers and staff for helping to make this happen and we look forward to building on this success in the coming years.”

Miura Systems’ success comes from its vision in anticipating the huge impact smartphones and tablets would have on the payments industry. The first users of its technology were the previously underserved businesses such as plumbers, decorators and yoga teachers, who could quickly accept card payments in a cost effective, secure and easy manner by simply pairing Miura payment devices to their smartphones. As mobile payment devices grew in popularity, international expansion and partnerships with new mPOS service providers soon followed.

Partners have been attracted not only by the sleek, consumer oriented design of the products but also the combination of unique software and hardware features that significantly reduces the total cost of ownership of Miura solutions compared to more traditional payment device providers.

The firm’s latest device, the M10, combines mobile, counter-top and contactless payment capabilities to give clients unparalleled flexibility to serve their customers wherever they are and however they want to pay.

Miura’s largest market is Europe, where the volume of chip and PIN transactions is high. But with new clients signed up in the US and Japan, future growth will certainly expand to other regions as the contactless payments revolution continues to spread.

Inclusion in the Sunday Times BT Business SME Export Track 100 recognises achievements to date and the business has the perfect platform for even stronger growth over the next two years and beyond.

Miura Systems is particularly excited about the growth potential of mPOS in developing markets where there is no legacy, fixed payments infrastructure.

About Miura Systems: (www.Miurasystems.com)
Miura Systems are the global leading provider of innovative secure electronic payment hardware to the mPOS solution marketplace. Miura partners with Independent Software Vendors and Systems Integrators to deliver platforms, expertise and services to enable retailers and acquirers to provide rich and flexible payment solutions for retail, hospitality, financial and transportation markets globally.

To learn more, visit us at www.miurasystems.com or engage with us on Twitter @miurasystems.

For further information please contact:
Debbie Mitchell Head of Marketing Miura Systems
Tel: +44 (0)1494 682840
dmitchell[at]miurasystems[dot]com
www.miurasystems.com
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London UK, 13th May 2015 - Meteorite BI today announces that it will be previewing Saiku Enterprise 3.2 at the Pentaho Day conference in Brasil on 15 and 16 May 2015. The latest release of Saiku Enterprise adds much anticipated dashboard functionality in addition to the recently released schema designer and big data connectivity.

Saiku is the leading open source data discovery and OLAP analysis tool used by over 35000 organisations globally. Saiku Enterprise, the commercial version of Saiku, now offers the ability to create dashboards from any user created report or chart. The Saiku easy to use web interface is carried over to provide the new Dashboard functionality allowing users to create dashboards in seconds. Dashboards fully support flexible analysis of data and end user data discovery.

The latest release of Saiku will be available to download from www.meteorite.bi at the end of May.

Users wanting to get a preview of the latest functionality can see all the features of Saiku Enterprise at the Pentaho Day conference in Brasil later this month.

The presentation will be delivered by Ricardo Gouvêa, the founder and COO of Open Consulting Brasil. Open Consulting Brasil is the latest Meteorite partner to sign up as a Saiku reseller and is the first Saiku reseller to service the Brasilian market. “As a UK company it is really important for us to have strong partners across our major global markets. It is great to have Open Consulting Brasil working with us to drive uptake of Saiku Enterprise in Brasil. Brasil is an important market for us, with many of our open source users coming from Brasil. Open Consulting Brasil have extensive experience of delivering data analytics solutions using Saiku and are at the forefront of delivering open source Business Intelligence solutions in Latin America” said Robin Lazenby, Sales Director at Meteorite BI.

“The latest release of Saiku Enterprise offers fantastic new functionality to users and provides a clear differentiation between Saiku Community Edition and Saiku Enterprise. The ability to analyse data directly from different big data and relational data sources without the need for coding brings big data analysis to the business user. We are very excited to be working with Meteorite to bring Saiku Enterprise to Brasil” said Ricardo Gouvêa.

About Meteorite BI:
Meteorite BI is the developer of Saiku. We work in partnership with our customers to help them identify opportunities to improve performance through data and analytics. We deliver solutions that are quick to deploy, flexible enough to grow with the business and provide easy access to information for everyone who needs it. Our solutions are designed to support our customer’s business strategy and addresses data availability and quality challenges.
A vast and ever growing volume of data is available to help organisations improve performance, yet most of it is never used. Meteorite utilise a range of innovative technologies including big data, the cloud and open source to deliver solutions that are cost effective, easy to use, and can be delivered in a faction of the time of traditional business intelligence and data warehousing solutions.

About Open Consulting Brasil:
Open Consulting Brasil is a Brasilian Information Technology company, provider of highly specialized services in the development of solutions for Data Integration, Data Warehousing, Business Intelligence, Big Data and Predictive Analysis, working with leading open source software including Pentaho, Saiku Analytics, R and MongoDB. Open Consulting have over 15 years experience of delivering these solutions and provide training, development, consulting and support across Latin America.

Meteorite BI Contact details:
info[at]meteorite[dot]bi
020 8133 3730
 
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Karlsbad, Germany, 12th May 2015 – This year's Across LSP Day was held on May 8 in Frankfurt, Germany. Participants from 20 countries accepted the invitation of Across Systems GmbH to attend the international conference for language service providers. With their presentations, guest speakers from the industry stimulated lively discussions. The future of translation management systems and of the translation market was one the main subjects focused on.

The Across LSP Day offered the participants first-hand Across knowledge: Insight into Across version 6.3 (to be released in fall) and tips and tricks for system settings were interesting for newcomers and experienced Across users alike. Additionally, four guest speakers contributed to the conference program with their presentations. For example, the new machine translation interface between the Across Language Server and Lucy Software as well as the optimized interface to the Plunet business and translation management system were presented. Biraj Rath of Braahmam Net Solutions talked about the challenges and opportunities of the Indian translation market; Marek Gawrysiak of TextPartner sp.j, reported on how the organization Translators without Borders uses language to save lives. The program was moderated by Stefan Gentz (Tracom OHG), whose keynote speech on the future of the translation market kicked off one of the key subjects that were discussed at the conference. The conference also featured a raffle and many opportunities for networking.

"Every year, the LSP Day is a special highlight for us, as the event provides our customers who operate as language service providers with a platform for systematically coming together with other Across users, enabling them to learn from each other and see what others are doing", comments Niko Henschen, CEO of Across Systems GmbH. "In our capacity as a software manufacturer, we put great emphasis on personal dialog with our customers in order to incorporate user experiences and requirements in the further development of the Across Language Server. We are especially happy about the growing share of international guests. For the benefit of these guests, the LSP Day has been held entirely in English since 2014."

Across reader contact:
Tel: +49 7248 925-425
info(at)across(dot)net

About Across Systems:
Across, based in Karlsbad, Germany, and in Glendale, CA, USA, is the manufacturer of the Across Language Server, a market-leading software platform for all corporate language resources and translation processes. Within a very short time, the use of Across can increase the translation quality and transparency, while reducing the workload and process costs.
The Across Language Server can be used for EN 15038:2006-compliant translation services. As Across Systems GmbH is a certified Microsoft partner, the successful introduction of Microsoft technologies is guaranteed. Thanks to the Software Development Kit (SDK), Across can easily be integrated in IT environments. Integration support is available from the company's Business Services & Support department and from renowned system integrators and technology partners.
Within the scope of its product development, Across collaborates with international universities and academies. For many years, Across has also been focusing on cooperative partnerships with renowned technology companies and language service providers.
Customers of Across (extract): 1&1 Internet AG, Allianz Versicherungs AG, HypoVereinsbank, Miele, SMA Solar Technology AG, ThyssenKrupp, etc.
Further information about Across Systems GmbH is available at http://www.across.net.

For further information please contact:
Across Systems GmbH
Anja Bergemann
Tel: +49 7248 925-412
Fax: +49 7248 925-444
abergemann(at)across(dot)net
www.across.net
 
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Nicole Körber
Tel: +49 451 88199-12
Fax: +49 451 88199-29
nicole(at)goodnews(dot)de
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Karlsbad, Germany, 6th May 2015 – Adobe, FCT, and Across are looking back on the first successful TechComm. The companies had extended the invitation for this expert forum on the eve of the tekom spring conference on April 22, 2015 in Darmstadt, Germany. In view of the positive response of the approximately 50 participants, most of whom were technical writers, similar events are being planned in other cities.

A central statement that was highlighted throughout the event was that apart from PDF documents, it will henceforth be necessary to provide or enable access to situation-specific information on diverse media, PCs, tablets, and smartphones.

Within the scope of an application report, Mathias Tancredi, Head of Technical Writing/Documentation at Herrenknecht AG, a globally leading manufacturer of tunnel building machines, explained how his company creates complex documentation with structured Adobe FrameMaker, the editorial system TIM from Fischer Computertechnik FCT AG, and the translation management system Across Language Server. "Mr. Tancredi's presentation impressively demonstrated how important it is to plan documentation and translation processes with farsightedness. If the upstream and downstream processes and systems are integrated from the outset, process steps can be automated in a meaningful way via interfaces, and savings potential can be exploited even more effectively", says Christian Weih, Chief Sales Officer, Across Systems GmbH.

After the application-oriented presentation, the participants were given opportunity to discuss various subjects in nine special expert forums. The main focus was on today's requirements, such as the growing demands on timeliness, quality, online availability, and the dynamic provision of information on mobile devices. The spectrum ranged from the question how documentation can be made "global ready" to how information can be distributed via a modern content delivery portal to the automation of translation processes.

Across reader contact:
Tel: +49 7248 925-425
info[at]across[dot]net

About Across Systems:
Across, based in Karlsbad, Germany, and in Glendale, CA, USA, is the manufacturer of the Across Language Server, a market-leading software platform for all corporate language resources and translation processes. Within a very short time, the use of Across can increase the translation quality and transparency, while reducing the workload and process costs.
The Across Language Server can be used for EN 15038:2006-compliant translation services. As Across Systems GmbH is a certified Microsoft partner, the successful introduction of Microsoft technologies is guaranteed. Thanks to the Software Development Kit (SDK), Across can easily be integrated in IT environments. Integration support is available from the company's Business Services & Support department and from renowned system integrators and technology partners.
Within the scope of its product development, Across collaborates with international universities and academies. For many years, Across has also been focusing on cooperative partnerships with renowned technology companies and language service providers.
Customers of Across (extract): 1&1 Internet AG, Allianz Versicherungs AG, HypoVereinsbank, Miele, SMA Solar Technology AG, ThyssenKrupp, etc.
Further information about Across Systems GmbH is available at http://www.across.net.

For further information please contact:
Across Systems GmbH
Anja Bergemann
Tel: +49 7248 925-412
Fax: +49 7248 925-444
abergemann(at)across(dot)net
www.across.net
 
good news! GmbH
Nicole Körber
Tel: +49 451 88199-12
Fax: +49 451 88199-29
Nicole(at)goodnews(dot)de
www.goodnews.de
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Boston, US, 30th April 2015 – Sales, marketing and research consultancy Publishers Communication Group (PCG), a division of Publishing Technology plc, has signed a new sales representation deal with leading Japanese medical publisher, Meteo, to help expand the reach of its Medical Online-E information service into North and South America.

Hosting around 800 medical journals, over 1.3 million articles as well as references and abstracts, Medical Online-E is designed to deliver the very best Japanese medical content and expertise to English speaking audiences around the world. The site aggregates content in English from a diverse range of medical fields, including: general medicine, clinical surgery, dentistry, medical technology, nursing, nutrition, pharmaceutical sciences, public health, and many more.

PCG is a sales, marketing and research firm with a strong track record of providing medical publishers with global audience development strategies. As the sole vendor for Medical Online-E in North and South America, the company will execute sales and marketing programs, selling subscriptions to academic institutions and medical institutions across the region.

Yuji Tahara, President of Meteo stated: “We launched our Medical Online-E service in 2008 and its original edition, Medical Online which started in 2001, now serves over 800,000 end users in Japan alone. Last year we developed a multi-language translation tool which is now built into the site so that medical professionals, stakeholders and researchers around the globe can enjoy access to our content. We are delighted to be working with PCG on spreading the word about Medical Online-E and look forward to welcoming new worldwide audiences to the platform as a result of its efforts.”

Melissanne Scheld, Managing Director of PCG commented: “We are very excited to have signed this deal with Meteo to help sell and market its Medical Online-E platform in the Americas. The site is incredibly rich and broad in scope, containing the most valuable medical content from across the medical communities in Japan, which make it a powerful resource for Western institutions. We are convinced that our proficiency and connections in the medical arena will help a great deal in extending the global appeal of this product.”

PCG will be showcasing Meteo’s Medical Online-E service at the Medical Libraries Association Annual Meeting and Exhibition, May 16-19 in Austin, TX at booth 734.

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Notes to editors:
For media enquiries, please contact:
Michael Groth, Publishing Technology plc
Tel: +1 617 395 4089
Email: michael.groth[at]publishingtechnology[dot]com

About PCG:
Publishers Communication Group, Inc., a division of Publishing Technology, is a full-service marketing and sales consulting firm with locations in Boston, Oxford, São Paulo, New Delhi and Beijing. Now in its 25th year, PCG was established in 1990 as a resource for scholarly publishers to more effectively work with the global library market. PCG offers international multi-lingual telemarketing services, qualitative and quantitative marketing research, customer services operations based in the UK, US, Brazil, India and China, sales representation and strategic consulting.

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